Shutter



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SHUTTER.

No. 306,816. Patented Oct. 21,1'884.

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VILLIAM G. ECKSTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forrninfy part of Letters Patent No. 306,816, datedOctober 2l, 1884.

Application tiled April 2.1, 1884.

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Chicago, in the'county of Cook and State of- Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful* Improvements in Shutters, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to an improvement in shutters; and it consists inthe peculiar construction of the same, whereby the joints of the slatsand frame are closed and made to exclude the weather, substantially aswill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation,reierring to the l accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a shutter, andFig. 2 a similar view of a The slats a a are upon their ends formed halfthrough t-he slat, and extend from the journal a to the edge of the Slatin either di-A rection, as shown in the drawings. Vhen these slats areplaced in the frame and closed,

'as in Fig. 1, they close tightly against the tongues b b, the recessedends of the slats allowing them to close fully, and the space usuallyformed between their ends and-the frame is completely closed by thetongues and the wind and Weather excluded. To further protect theshutter from rain or snow, I forni lthe end rails of the frame withvshoulders c, against which the slats close, as in Fig. l.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a window-shutter, the frameA having a series of short tonguesbetween the holes for receiving the sla-ts. in combination with theslats formed with lrecessed-ends adapted to receive and clasp thetongues, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The frame A, having holes a2 and inclined tongues b, in combinationwith the slats a, having journals or pins a and recesses v

